Fires at two derelict pubs just streets apart treated as 'suspicious' by police | East London and West Essex Guardian Series
Around 100 firefighters tackled the blazes, which happened at the same time in Croydon on Thursday morning.
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Around 100 firefighters tackled the blazes, which happened at the same time in Croydon on Thursday morning.
A fire tore through two empty pubs in Croydon in the early hours today, sending thick smoke billowing out into the south London skyline.
Fires which tore through two derelict pubs just streets away from each other in south London are being treated as “suspicious” by police.
Both buildings, which are just streets apart, were damaged, and the fires are being treated as “suspicious” by police.
A neighbour of one of two derelict pubs that caught fire in Croydon has described her terror as she witnessed flames “going right up into the sky”.